Well, entertained, anyhow.
Over at the site www.verydemotivational.com, I was having a browse. Some were funny, some weren’t. Same old, same old.
And then I found this epic little gem of a gif.
In case you weren’t aware before, people do like to nitpick and react to things (yeah, I know, break out the sunglasses before I release another flash of the bleedin’ obvious, right?). So, when someone creates a poster, someone is likely to use the whole thing and put their own caption on it.
THIS is what happens when everyone just gets a little carried away…

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I have to take my hat off to this guy. Many of us, seeing an abomination in the name of sign-writing, simply shudder, grind our teeth and move on.
Not so for Jeff Deck.
During the course of 2½ months, he and a friend travelled the US, noting and altering as many offences as possible. Mostly though – and this is worth a solid gold win right here – they tried to get the owners of the signs to make the changes themselves.
Education! Yes, that’s the key!
Some time later, they now have a book about their experience. Click on the picture to learn more about it and read an extract.

For some reason, all I want to do is sit down and read it, red pen on standby…

Thanks to Tanya for this find!

Everything you can learn from the Disney movie The Little Mermaid in under a minute and a half.

via Daily What

Yeah, so the northern hemisphere is just getting into the swing of Summer, but folk in the southern half of the world will be freezing their various bits off and looking forward to a time they only have to wear three layers of clothing while they shiver at the bus stop.
That said, this video is utterly poor in timing (unless you read Danielle Corsetto’s excellent webcomic Girls With Slingshots, from which I have shamelessly filched this item).

So, sit back and enjoy a nice gentle ditty about the joys of springtime, presented entirely in ASL (USA sign language), with lyrics and backing track.
Oh btw… you did see that NSFW flag up there, right?

Myself, I love the fact there’s a couple of backing singers signers.

I got a dream…

I want to be a writer. A real published one. I am working on it and I have a book stuck on the last chapter, supposedly delayed because of my thesis writing.  Anyway, I am sure you’ve heard it all before but let me assure you I have no misconceptions about the chances of my making it and  I sincerely hope I am not as bad as some of  these people. The link is to the tumblr  of a literary agent who vents frustration over queries he/she has received.  A specimen  for your delectation “I’d like you to consider representing my fictional novel.” Like … thank glod dude it’s not an actual honest to god novel. The whole thing is just 5 pages long but it varies from the ALL CAPS person to the God speaks through me loony. All in all something to make your day.

And what would a post about writing be  without this song?

Here’s a treat to brighten your day. The awkward comic stylings of Richard Simmons.

A great friend tweeted this and I was laughing my ass off. Enjoy.